Kanye West Gifts White Sneakers to Uganda’s President
Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian on Monday paid a visit to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni, gifting the 74-year-old leader a pair of white sneakers. Rap megastar West is in the east African nation to finish recording his ninth studio album “Yandhi”, which was meant to drop two weeks ago, until his surprise decision […]
I can do away with parliament: President Museveni
In the past, fights between President Museveni and parliament have broadened into uneasy standoffs but there’s no sign either side has learned anything about avoiding them. In the aftermath of the Arua by-election violence both sides are inching closer to another fight. Ahead of an anticipated debate on the findings of a parliamentary probe into […]
Opposition Are Terrorists, Hooligans, Says President Museveni
Kampala — President Museveni has branded Opposition supporters as “terrorists” and “hooligans”, saying they pelted his vehicle with “projectiles” on August 13, triggering the violence that erupted following the bitterly contested Arua Municipality by-election. In an August 31 letter responding to demands by the Speaker of Parliament, Ms Rebecca Kadaga, President Museveni said supporters of […]
Uganda’s Bobi Wine embodies the rise of African youth
They call him the Ghetto President. The Ugandan singer and activist Bobi Wine, born in a Kampala slum and now a member of parliament, is facing charges of treason. The accusation stems from an incident in which protesters allegedly threw stones at the motorcade of the actual president, Yoweri Museveni. But Mr Wine’s real crime […]
Blow-By-Blow Account of Bobi Wine’s Arrest
Kampala — Kyadondo East Member of Parliament, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi alias Bobi Wine’s brother has narrated how events preceding his arrest unfolded during a campaign rally in the Arua Municipality by-election up to his incarceration in Makindye Military Barracks. Mr Eddy Yawe, an elder brother to Mr Kyagulanyi, during a press conference in Kampala yesterday […]
East African Activists Urge Museveni to Release Bobi Wine
The arrest and alleged torture of the singer-turned-politician Bobi Wine sparked angry protests Monday, and has led to calls from civil society groups in Tanzania and Kenya for him to be released. His popularity is seen as a test for Museveni’s government. “It’s politics at play,” Bobi Wine’s lawyer Medard Ssegona told RFI. “The regime […]
Museveni’s military apologies over beating journalists
Uganda’s army has made a rare apology after soldiers were caught on film beating up a journalist who was covering a demonstration supporting detained MP Bobi Wine on Monday. Other journalists were also beaten as they were reporting on the protests. An army statement described the soldiers’ conduct as “unprofessional” and said they would be […]
Reports of Bobi Wine’s Injuries ‘Fake News’ – Museveni
President Yoweri Museveni has stated that reports indicating that Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi is gravely ill are fake. The president said that legislator popularly known as Bobi Wine does not have any head injuries or bone fractures, according to a report given to him by the UPDF doctors who are treating him from Makindye […]
Uganda President’s Car Attacked, Damaged in Campaign
A hotly contested by-election in Northern Uganda turned violent Monday evening, when unknown assailants shot a driver on the opposition side. A window in President Yoweri Museveni’s car was smashed in the chaos. Police have since arrested two journalists and dozens of opposition supporters, an act that human rights groups are calling an abuse of […]
Locals Accuse President Yoweri Museveni of Grabbing Their Land
Residents of Rupa Sub County in Moroto District in Karamoja sub region have said that President Museveni is backing prominent Karimojong business man Mr Cornelius Kodet and some ministers to grab their land. The protesting residents on Thursday rejected a plan by Mr Kodet to build a cement factory called Ateker cement covering a total […]
